If you’re trying to examine how institutional and systemic effects can perpetuate inequality, sometimes it’s useful to get away from race and gender and sexual orientation and so […]
business / economics / health / health care
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It’s a decision: Your life and health means less than profit statements
My amour has a prescription jumping from $40/month to $130/month… making the third maintenance medication that she’s on that’s in that range. A friend of mine has a […]
economics
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The one economic principle politicians ignore when immigrants are involved
Look at your politicians. See how many of them have championed the “free market”. Realize that the free market includes the idea that labor – that is, workers […]
economics / relationships
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How are you spending the seconds of your life?
Economics has a reputation for not dealing with real people or nuances like emotion and relationships. But there is one economic concept that can help us in our […]
economics / military / politics / trump
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Choose: Four thousand full-time workers, a $1/hr raise for 56K workers, or golfing trips for someone else’s family?
I was really angered by this thing written by a paramedic about fast food workers making as much as they do. Not because of what they wrote. Because […]
economics / health / health care / healthcare / politics
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Should you be held accountable because of someone else’s health?
Read the whole thing I’ve quoted below, originally posted publicly on Facebook by a (scientist-type) friend of mine. Then think about your parents. Think about your grandparents. Think […]